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17th May 2015
04:26pm BST

The wannabe Bond villain Russian President may have only recently started playing sport, but that didn't stop him from taking part in an exhibition game in Sochi at the weekend.
The 62-year-old scored eight goals to inspire his team to an 18-6 win. The fact that former NHL players Pavel Bure and Valeri Kamensky joined Putin were there and assisted a lot of his goals doesn't take away anything from his performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN2FMGRTvoc With all these politicians trying there hand at sport, that got us thinking. Why can't Ireland get in on the action? Obviously we're not suggestion throwing Michael D Higgins into the ring against Floyd Mayweather for 12 rounds as we're pretty sure Money wouldn't want to put his pristine record in jeopardy. However, perhaps a certain Mayo man who has been known to travel on two wheels could take on a certain disgraced former cyclist in the race of the century.
Enda's waiting, Armstrong.
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